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Watching Canada's decline into a Two-Party System: an r/Ontario post with +1.7k upvotes "Is it time for a Liberal-NDP merger after Doug Ford’s Tories win third straight majority in Ontario election?" (www.reddit.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40034360

With Duverger's Law (i.e., in non-PR electoral systems, a trend towards a two-parties), we are running out of time to act. Canada's 2021 effective number of parties is 2.76 - this number will decrease over time, and will eventually end Canadian democracy as we know it today.

The only way to prevent this democratic backsliding is proportional representation: !fairvote@lemmy.ca

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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The Liberals and NDP got 250,000 more votes than the Conservatives. Ontario is left wing with a right wing government.

[–] mythic_tartan@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you think liberals are left wing I have some bad news for you.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't, but they are further left than mini-Trump and his gang of lack-of-virtue signaling maple MAGAts.

[–] mythic_tartan@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

True, it is relative.

[–] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't get discouraged, organize so that we can take back our own government!

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My MPP, Steve Clark, orchestrated an 8 billion dollar graft to try to give wealthy Doug Ford donors an unearned benefit from the corrupt process for removing lands from the greenbelt then won a landslide in our riding. The voters here are so fucking right wing that he could BBQ and eat a baby on King Street in Brockville and they would still elect him.

[–] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

I totally hear you, and know how you feel. It's not how Canada nor a democracy should be. We must take our grievances and channel them into action.

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